diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index f71c561..542fefe 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ The following examples demonstrate how to ingest events from various sources int
 
 The examples use the custom Benthos distribution in this repository.
 
-- [Clickhouse](clickhouse/)
+- [Database](database/)
 - [HTTP server](http-server/) (forwarding events to OpenMeter)
 - [Kubernetes Pod execution time](kubernetes-pod-exec-time/)
 
diff --git a/examples/clickhouse/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/clickhouse/docker-compose.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 14f906f..0000000
--- a/examples/clickhouse/docker-compose.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-version: "3.9"
-
-services:
-  clickhouse:
-    image: clickhouse/clickhouse-server:23.8.9.54-alpine
-    ports:
-      - 127.0.0.1:8123:8123
-      - 127.0.0.1:9000:9000
-      - 127.0.0.1:9009:9009
-    environment:
-      CLICKHOUSE_USER: default
-      CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD: default
-      CLICKHOUSE_DB: chat
-      CLICKHOUSE_DEFAULT_ACCESS_MANAGEMENT: 1
-
-    healthcheck:
-      test: wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://clickhouse:8123/ping || exit 1
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 3s
-      retries: 100
-
-  collector:
-    image: ghcr.io/openmeterio/benthos-openmeter
-    command: benthos -c /etc/benthos/config.yaml
-    restart: always
-    depends_on:
-      clickhouse:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    env_file:
-      - .env
-    environment:
-      CLICKHOUSE_DSN: clickhouse://default:default@clickhouse:9000/chat?dial_timeout=200ms&max_execution_time=60
-    volumes:
-      - ./config.yaml:/etc/benthos/config.yaml:ro
-
-  seeder:
-    image: ghcr.io/openmeterio/benthos-openmeter
-    command: benthos -c /etc/benthos/config.yaml
-    restart: always
-    depends_on:
-      clickhouse:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    environment:
-      OPENMETER_URL: http://forwarder:4196
-      CLICKHOUSE_DSN: clickhouse://default:default@clickhouse:9000/chat?dial_timeout=200ms&max_execution_time=60
-    volumes:
-      - ./seed/config.yaml:/etc/benthos/config.yaml:ro
diff --git a/examples/clickhouse/.env.dist b/examples/database/.env.dist
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/clickhouse/.env.dist
rename to examples/database/.env.dist
diff --git a/examples/clickhouse/README.md b/examples/database/README.md
similarity index 81%
rename from examples/clickhouse/README.md
rename to examples/database/README.md
index 6491a6c..8a942f5 100644
--- a/examples/clickhouse/README.md
+++ b/examples/database/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Clickhouse
+# Database
 
-This example demonstrates reading data from [Clickhouse](https://clickhouse.com/) database, transforming it to [CloudEvents](https://cloudevents.io/) and sending to [OpenMeter](https://openmeter.io/).
+This example demonstrates reading data from a database, transforming it to [CloudEvents](https://cloudevents.io/) and sending to [OpenMeter](https://openmeter.io/).
 
 This is a rather common use case when a system already collects some sort of data or log and you want to send that as usage data to OpenMeter for further processing.
 
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ Benthos will read messages from a message log table and send the calculated usag
 
 The example also demonstrates that certain business logic can also be implemented during the transformation (for example: users on the enterprise plan do not get charged for message length).
 
+Databases featured in this example:
+
+- Postgres
+- [Clickhouse](https://clickhouse.com/)
+
+> [!TIP]
+> Check out the supported database drivers in the [Benthos documentation](https://www.benthos.dev/docs/components/inputs/sql_select#drivers).
+
 ## Table of Contents <!-- omit from toc -->
 
 - [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
@@ -26,7 +34,7 @@ Check out this repository if you want to run the example locally:
 
 ```shell
 git clone https://github.com/openmeterio/benthos-openmeter.git
-cd benthos-openmeter/examples/clickhouse
+cd benthos-openmeter/examples/database
 ```
 
 Create a new `.env` file and add the details of your OpenMeter instance:
@@ -52,7 +60,18 @@ Create the following meters in OpenMeter with the following details:
 
 ## Launch the example
 
-Launch the example (Clickhouse DB, event collector and seeder):
+Decide which database you want to use:
+
+```shell
+export COMPOSE_PROFILES=SELECTED_DATABASE
+```
+
+Available profiles:
+
+- `postgres`
+- `clickhouse`
+
+Launch the example (database, event collector and seeder):
 
 ```shell
 docker compose up -d
diff --git a/examples/clickhouse/config.yaml b/examples/database/config.yaml
similarity index 90%
rename from examples/clickhouse/config.yaml
rename to examples/database/config.yaml
index 787f7fd..0abeba4 100644
--- a/examples/clickhouse/config.yaml
+++ b/examples/database/config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 input:
   sql_select:
-    driver: clickhouse
-    dsn: "${CLICKHOUSE_DSN}"
+    driver: "${DATABASE_DRIVER}"
+    dsn: "${DATABASE_DSN}"
     table: messages
     columns:
       - message_id
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ input:
       - message
       - time
     where: time >= ?
-    args_mapping: root = [ now().ts_unix() - 30 ]
+    args_mapping: 'root = [ (now().ts_unix() - 30).ts_format(format: "2006-01-02 15:04:05", tz: "UTC") ]'
 
 pipeline:
   processors:
diff --git a/examples/database/docker-compose.common.yaml b/examples/database/docker-compose.common.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddd1497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/database/docker-compose.common.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+version: "3.9"
+
+services:
+  collector:
+    image: ghcr.io/openmeterio/benthos-openmeter
+    pull_policy: always
+    command: benthos -c /etc/benthos/config.yaml
+    restart: always
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    volumes:
+      - ./config.yaml:/etc/benthos/config.yaml:ro
+
+  seeder:
+    image: ghcr.io/openmeterio/benthos-openmeter
+    pull_policy: always
+    command: benthos -c /etc/benthos/config.yaml
+    restart: always
+    volumes:
+      - ./seed/config.yaml:/etc/benthos/config.yaml:ro
diff --git a/examples/database/docker-compose.yaml b/examples/database/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d407dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/database/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+version: "3.9"
+
+services:
+  postgres:
+    profiles:
+      - postgres
+    image: postgres:15.3
+    ports:
+      - 127.0.0.1:5432:5432
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+      POSTGRES_DB: chat
+    healthcheck:
+      test: pg_isready -U postgres -d chat
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 3s
+      retries: 100
+
+  postgres-collector:
+    profiles:
+      - postgres
+    extends:
+      file: docker-compose.common.yaml
+      service: collector
+    depends_on:
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    environment:
+      DATABASE_DRIVER: postgres
+      DATABASE_DSN: postgres://postgres:postgres@postgres:5432/chat?sslmode=disable
+
+  postgres-seeder:
+    profiles:
+      - postgres
+    extends:
+      file: docker-compose.common.yaml
+      service: seeder
+    depends_on:
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    environment:
+      DATABASE_DRIVER: postgres
+      DATABASE_DSN: postgres://postgres:postgres@postgres:5432/chat?sslmode=disable
+    volumes:
+      - ./seed/init.postgres.sql:/etc/benthos/init.sql:ro
+
+  clickhouse:
+    profiles:
+      - clickhouse
+    image: clickhouse/clickhouse-server:23.8.9.54-alpine
+    ports:
+      - 127.0.0.1:8123:8123
+      - 127.0.0.1:9000:9000
+      - 127.0.0.1:9009:9009
+    environment:
+      CLICKHOUSE_USER: default
+      CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD: default
+      CLICKHOUSE_DB: chat
+      CLICKHOUSE_DEFAULT_ACCESS_MANAGEMENT: 1
+
+    healthcheck:
+      test: wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://clickhouse:8123/ping || exit 1
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 3s
+      retries: 100
+
+  clickhouse-collector:
+    profiles:
+      - clickhouse
+    extends:
+      file: docker-compose.common.yaml
+      service: collector
+    depends_on:
+      clickhouse:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    environment:
+      DATABASE_DRIVER: clickhouse
+      DATABASE_DSN: clickhouse://default:default@clickhouse:9000/chat?dial_timeout=200ms&max_execution_time=60
+
+  clickhouse-seeder:
+    profiles:
+      - clickhouse
+    extends:
+      file: docker-compose.common.yaml
+      service: seeder
+    depends_on:
+      clickhouse:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    environment:
+      DATABASE_DRIVER: clickhouse
+      DATABASE_DSN: clickhouse://default:default@clickhouse:9000/chat?dial_timeout=200ms&max_execution_time=60
+    volumes:
+      - ./seed/init.clickhouse.sql:/etc/benthos/init.sql:ro
diff --git a/examples/clickhouse/seed/config.yaml b/examples/database/seed/config.yaml
similarity index 70%
rename from examples/clickhouse/seed/config.yaml
rename to examples/database/seed/config.yaml
index 9ceb4fa..f79db10 100644
--- a/examples/clickhouse/seed/config.yaml
+++ b/examples/database/seed/config.yaml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ output:
         continue: true
         output:
           sql_insert:
-            driver: clickhouse
-            dsn: "${CLICKHOUSE_DSN}"
+            driver: "${DATABASE_DRIVER}"
+            dsn: "${DATABASE_DSN}"
             table: messages
             columns:
               - message_id
@@ -39,18 +39,10 @@ output:
                 this.sender,
                 this.recipient,
                 this.message,
-                this.time.ts_format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"),
+                this.time.ts_format(format: "2006-01-02 15:04:05", tz: "UTC"),
               ]
-            init_statement: |
-              CREATE TABLE messages (
-                  message_id UUID,
-                  account_id String,
-                  sender String,
-                  recipient String,
-                  message String,
-                  time DateTime
-              ) ENGINE = MergeTree()
-              PRIMARY KEY (message_id);
+            init_files:
+              - init.sql
 
       - check: '"${SEEDER_LOG:false}" == "true"'
         output:
diff --git a/examples/database/seed/init.clickhouse.sql b/examples/database/seed/init.clickhouse.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c05f3e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/database/seed/init.clickhouse.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+CREATE TABLE
+    IF NOT EXISTS messages (
+        message_id UUID,
+        account_id String,
+        sender String,
+        recipient String,
+        message String,
+        time DateTime('UTC')
+    ) ENGINE = MergeTree() PRIMARY KEY (message_id);
diff --git a/examples/database/seed/init.postgres.sql b/examples/database/seed/init.postgres.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..742adc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/database/seed/init.postgres.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+CREATE TABLE
+    IF NOT EXISTS messages (
+        message_id UUID PRIMARY KEY,
+        account_id TEXT,
+        sender TEXT,
+        recipient TEXT,
+        message TEXT,
+        time TIMESTAMPTZ
+    );